FORTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT 
OF THE 
BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 
J. WALTER FEwKEs, Chief 
The operations of the Bureau of American Ethnology 
during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1927, were conducted 
in accordance with the act of Congress approved April 22, 
1926, making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of 
the Government, which act contains the following item: 
American ethnology : For continuing ethnological researches among 
the American Indians and the natives of Hawaii, the excavation 
and preservation of archzologic remains under the direction of the 
Smithsonian Institution, including necessary employees, the prepa- 
ration of manuscripts, drawings, illustrations, the purchase of neces- 
sary books and periodicals, and traveling expenses, $57,160, of which 
amount not to exceed $46,000 may be expended for personal serv- 
ices in the District of Columbia. 
The chief, as in former years, has endeavored to use 
this appropriation as economically as possible, being 
always conscious that the amount available is too small 
to cover the expense of very extensive field work. His 
major aim is to make the money go as far as possible in 
the advancement of our knowledge of the Indian and the 
diffusion of the information acquired. 
Popular interest in anthropology, especially archeology, 
has increased greatly during the last decade, and each 
year replies to queries occupy more of the time of our 
staff. In spite of the limited appropriation, the bureau 
has had more investigators in the field during the past 
year than in any similar period of the present régime. 
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